This blog lets you keep up with the W family. Our three boys are John who is 18, a high school grad and off to college, Noah who is 15 going on 21 and loves sports and little Ben, who is the sweetest little 8 year old, who happens to have Down syndrome(unless he accidently ate some gluten, then he turns into Mr. Hyde.)

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Step UP For Down Syndrome Walk 2013

This past weekend was our Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk. This was my second year of co-chairing the event, and I admit the job is not getting easier. I know that seems odd because things tend to get easier the more you do it, and while I agree that is true most of the time, for me it was not. Second the reason the job got so much harder, is because during the last three years that I have been involved, we have doubled the size of the walk in terms of both money raised and total walkers. It has been great raising more money and having more walkers. However, ordering and sorting 1600 t-shirts is a whole different ball game from sorting 750 shirts. It all requires more volunteers, and those are harder to come by. But in the end getting bigger is a good problem to have.

We are very proud of our team who continually comes out and supports Ben's Brigade (even on cold mornings like it was on Saturday) Through fundraising we were able to earn three fact posters that were displayed along the walk.

Ben enjoyed seeing himself in the photos.

We are always happy to welcome new team members. This year we were able to welcome a few of Ben's Kindergarten classmates. I am just sorry that my duties as walk chair prevented me from doing more socializing with my team. We were also sorry that John had to attend the Harvest of Harmony parade with the school band and had to miss out. For the first time we were unable to take a family photo at the walk. Thank you for everyone who supported Ben's Brigade!

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I live in on a farm in South East Nebraska, teach sign language to young children, am a Barefoot Book Ambassador, and help out at school, church, and fund raise for the LuMind Foundation for Down Syndrome Research. In my spare time, I love to make beautiful things with yarn, beads and cameras.